DETROIT DELIVERS EAVES AND GLENDENING

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Detroit Red Wings on Friday assigned right wing Patrick Eaves and center Luke Glendening to the Grand Rapids Griffins.

Eaves, 29, has appeared in 417 regular season games over the course of nine NHL seasons with Ottawa, Carolina and Detroit, producing 141 points (72-69—141) and 145 penalty minutes. Originally the Ottawa Senators’ first selection (29th overall) in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, the 6-foot, 187-pound forward signed with Detroit as a free agent on Aug. 4, 2009. The Calgary, Alberta, native has skated in 175 games with Detroit since 2009, notching 51 points (27-24—51) and 46 PIM, including three scoreless games this season. Eaves has played in 18 career AHL games, all with the Binghamton Senators, where he recorded 13 points (5-8—13) during the 2005-06 season.

Glendening, a 24-year-old native of East Grand Rapids, made his debut with the Wings on Oct. 12 versus Philadelphia, when he became the 133rd Griffins alumnus to play in the NHL. The 5-foot-11, 195-pound forward has appeared in eight games with the Wings, posting eight shots on goal and two penalty minutes. Glendening has also skated in eight games with the Griffins during his second professional season, producing six points (3-3—6) and 14 penalty minutes.

Grand Rapids will host the Rockford IceHogs tonight at 7 p.m, when Glendening will be available to play, while Eaves is expected to join the team on Monday. The Griffins (9-3-1-1) will then travel to Allstate Arena to battle the Chicago Wolves on Saturday at 8 p.m.

Fans can secure their full-season, select-season or group ticket packages by calling (616) 774-4585 ext. 2. Single-game tickets for all home games are now available for purchase at all Star Tickets locations, including The Zone, online through griffinshockey.com, or by phone through Star Tickets at (800) 585-3737.